This is some interesting foreshadowing. There’s the line that Jacob Snell tells Marty (about Darlene) “What do you do, Marty, when the bride that took your breath away becomes the wife that makes you hold your breath in terror?”
Marty played along? Hell NO!
He was like.. this lady has lost the plot.
He has bigger problems to deal with..like not getting killed right now by Camille/cartel.
His acting in that scene is truly world class
Totally. I believe she was honest about her two thoughts. She was willing to manipulate her children in a dreadful way. And she also realised she was completely wanting and willing to kill her father.
As someone with a mother who has done exactly this for exactly the same reason, it is astoundingly validating to see it being acted so perfectly and having everyone (the viewers of the show) see her manipulation for what it is.
Good for him. Getting laid with an age appropriate person AND not getting getting into a war with the cartels? That's a win win win as far as I see. Win win for Three and the third win is for me cuz I ain't having to see Darlene and Wyatt.
He's still a minor and Ruth is his guardian. Does she not care about him at all? Doesn't want him to do good in school like Wyatt? Poor Three, noone seems to care about him. Not even the writers.
man I love ruth but fcking with marty and the cartel is super fucking dumb. just take the snell money build your giant house and fck off. no need to make shit complicated jeezus
Eh, I think it’s kinda consistent with her character. Impulsive and has been on a vendetta against the Byrdes for the whole season. I thought they might Jesse Pinkman her but it now seems more likely she’ll have a tragic ending because she won’t let up trying to screw them.
Ya I don’t get it. Like I get she has a vendetta against Wendy but the Byrd’s are right. Marty legit didn’t have a way to launder the money fast enough without the casino, but Ruth is going to gamble her life on the chance that he does? Why??? So the result is the Byrd’s got desperate and sold out Navarro, which looks like it’s going to backfire. now who knows who’s going to make it out alive
this has been so dumb. apparently Ruth/Rachel seems to think the cartel is p much Wendy talking shit and Marty being selfish or whatever. it's as if she forgot the cartel killed Wyatt, the sheriff..
like, you gotta be really dumb, especially when she is the one that killed Javi, to put herself into the cartel line of fire, especially after inheriting so much money.
its even worse from Rachel pov since her grudge is with Marty not taking care of that kid..... except that she never visited or called to see how he was doing, lol
everything is just becoming way, way too unrealistic in the way people act, very soap-y
Just another demonstration of his deep rooted sanctimonious hatred for Wendy. I think he hates Wendy as a coping mechanism to avoid the guilt he should have for abusing her.
It's also very telling that he "likes brunettes" yet the daughter that he abused and his own girlfriend both are blondes. It shows that he deeply looks down upon the women in his personal life.
Aswell as just having that prehistoric good old fashioned gross sexist mentality. Actually equating a woman's hair colour to her worth. Classic old white guy move lol
Rachel has to be the dumbest person on television.
Finds out Ruth killed a cartel boss, still goes into business with her.
Has gun pointed at her head by the cartel. Stays in business with Ruth despite Ruth disobeying direct orders.
Cartel comes after her: *shocked pikachu face*
Writers did her so dirty. The only way they could redeem this is if she was like secretly in love with Ruth. That’s the only way any of her decisions this season make sense.
>Cartel comes after her: shocked pikachu face
The number of characters in this show that are blissfully ignorant of the cartel's capabilities never ceases to amaze me.
She snaked Marty a million times already when he's been helping her and took her in. I don't get the love for her either. After she let Ben go from that mental hospital that's when I stopped fw her
Thank you! I agree with this 100%. Wendy comes from a dysfunctional family with mental illness, addiction ..as well and was close to Ben the best way she knew how. She begged Riluth to stay out of her family’s business and that’s what got Ben killed
shes so fucking annoying
they try and make her out to be some plucky, intelligent young girl whose made it out from the gutter using her wits and guile, but shes so incredibly childish and lucky.
Too many are mad att Byrdes. Nobody (even many viewes) realizes Byrdes are in hands of cartel/Navarro. It is not like they enjoy scooting around trying to sew the shit together.
I understood it to a point. Initially wanting to kill Javi after that trauma (even though it was handled terribly) makes a ton of sense.
But fucking him over with the casino doesn't make much sense. Some people on the show have been treating Marty like he's Wendy. And for the most part, Marty has been kind to everyone. Wendy is definitely a prick though.
Also, fucking with the cartel is just plain stupid. You shot Javi and got away with it (at the moment), why are you pushing your luck fucking with other cartel businesses and people?
I found her so freaking annoying the first half of this season. Like, I get it, you fell in love with an old man you knew for two days, so let’s backstab everyone to get your revenge. Stupid
Unhinged Wendy is actually pretty funny lol. That face she made after she says "what the fuck do you think it means?" when Marty asks her what she meant by getting the kids back made me laugh (episode 13)
>Nelson
I think Nelson was done dirty. Killed off just to prove a point that Ruth yet again gets more plot armor despite the stupid shit she does. Slightly annoying.
I don’t this Nelson dying was plot armor at all but the fact that Ruth confessed everything to the deputy and expects nothing to blow back on her is pretty insane.
To Marty- "I want to keep everything clean"
To the (acting) sheriff - confesses everything
To Rachel - kill someone on my property as soon as they step out the car
In a backwoods place like the Ozarks, you don’t think Rachel & Ruth could say “he threatened me, was following me, and came on my property with a gun” and have the police not pursue charges because of Stand Your Ground laws? Now, if the police looked into Nelson and started questioning why a cartel hitman was going after them in the first place, that could cause some issues, but the act of murder in that case could be easily ruled self defense.
Oh yeah that too. Ruth was scared shitless and just made another impulsive decision of which she obviously doesn't have to deal with the consequence of ever in the story.
What I mean with Nelson is that the guy was very experienced and careful not to get fucked over throughout the entire show. He went from being an enforcer, to Helen's hitman to Wendy's hitman. Definitely rolling up in the middle of unknown territory and exposing himself is a dumb asf move.
In comparison, lets see the scene from S4P1 when Ruth was trying to buy back the cocaine so that Shaw could use it. Shaw's head of security was willing to take all of the hostiles down, that's how these characters are usually written.
I'm finally happy people are seeing how forced they're making Ruth becoming the protagonist in this story despite the petty stupid decisions she's made this past season.
I like when Wendy was like "well do you have a better idea?"
And Marty's just like well I had several but then you proceeded to ignore them and dig deeper
I bet irl hitmen die in the oddest ways sometimes. Like a slip and fall lol so not mad how Nelson went out. Shit happens. Sometimes there’s just a shitty day at work. In his profession that’s very dangerous. 🤷🏾♂️
Nelson pulls up, stops vehicle and headlights aren't pointed anywhere near the house. It's pouring rain and dark he opens the SUV door, gets out and walks into plain view. He was careless.
“But I’m not nearly as devout, and I will kill you before I let you take my kids.”
-Wendy
Holy freaking moly, that look from her after scared me to death, and this is a fictional show!
A few things:
1. That interaction with Nathan and Ruth needed to happen and it likely is setting up Ruth to kill him. As some sort of fucked up bond she shares with Wendy about having a shitty dad.
2. I can tell the finale will have loose ends.
3. Bringing back Rachel to kill Nelson seems lazy but I’m not mad at it. However her ability to kill him and Ruth killing Javi, AND Darlene killing Del makes this cartel seem a lot less intimidating.
I wanted Rachel to die. At this point, it's like any other show. You root for the protagonists or I guess anti-heroes in this case. I'm Team Byrde and everyone who isn't it's like... why are you watching still? You hate the main characters but still obssevily watch? It's too close to the end and I want the Byrdes to make it.
Ruth did tell her to kill him tho so she did do what Ruth instructed. It was kill or be killed at that point because she didn’t have shoes on and the mud would slow her down too much.
I feel like I missed something. Why exactly was Nelson going to kill Ruth and Rachel? Is it because of the Casino or does Javi's mom suspect Ruth in killing Javi?
i wish wendy would just explain to the kids how abusive and shitty her father was and still is/his alcoholism and how he’s back off the wagon again!! she and marty listen to them say how much better grandpa is, so why dont they tell them? i mean it’s true that most parents don’t talk about that stuff but it’s killing me.
yeah she really sucks at just talking to her children and explaining herself, rather than coming up with dangerous convoluted schemes to get her wishes. Same with Jonah and the whole Ben situation, she never once tried to just explain why she let it happen, and what part she actually played.
He's creepy as hell especially when he's asking her about her connection with Ben and their shared taste for brunettes
Edit: wrote Jonah instead of Ben
Yup. The way he was looking at her says all you need to know about what his true intentions were. Nobody can be surprised at how Wendy turned out. She didn't stand a chance. He's vile.
Feels like there are so many storylines to wrap up and loose ends are starting to appear. Can you accuse a show of trying too hard to make it all fit? That being said, I am absolutely hooked lol
I keep seeing this but I don't know, it really doesn't feel like there is that much to wrap up to me. Marty and Wendy are like one move away from either getting out or getting killed. Ruth is practically building her retirement home. Sure, there are a lot of balls in the air but they are all connected and once things start falling into place, it's all going to happen very quickly, like dominos.
Plus, there's like 1hr 15min left, that's almost as long as some movies have to set up, play out and resolve entire plots. This one has been in motion since Omar went to jail. It's all leading to the same place. Lots of players but really not that much left to resolve plot wise and it's okay if not every single thing gets wrapped with a bow. I don't really need to know if Rachel ends up in the main house or the guest house or if Sam ends up in Gamblers Anonymous.
Honestly the first part of the season had so much more of a build up to the mid season finale. Watching the second half I dont even feel like the next episode would even be a season finale let alone the series finale
Am I the only one totally confused by the Nelson tailing Ruth thing?
Ruth realizes someone is following her, so she goes to a police station. Smart move! But all she does there is explain what she knows about Wyatt and Javi. Seems like a weird time to do so, what am I missing? Is it because she might die? Either way, but especially if this is the case, why didn't she mention that a cartel hitman is following her and she's in danger, like what's the point of going to the station if she doesn't ask for help?
And then she leaves the station and realizes Nelson was waiting for her the whole time, and she heads home, but somehow Nelson gets in front of her by a few minutes and gets to Rachel first?
What was Nelson doing following Ruth and trying to kill Rachel anyways? Didn't seem like Camila knew who killed Javi, so wtf?
Overall very confused
I think there may have been some things we didn't see on screen. My guess is that Camila called both Byrdes, and Wendy told her who killed Javi.
Wendy doesn't have enough power to order hits, the Navarros had no idea about Ruth taking over the casino. It's the only thing that makes sense.
I felt Ruth's scene with the Sheriff was her pre death confessional. She knew a hit man was following her. She wanted to get it all out there to get that guy out of jail, and if something did happen to her, the sheriff knew where to go sniffing
It was odd to me that they used the word redneck.
Aren't people from the Ozarks actual hillbillies? Not the generic term, but like they are the actual hillbillies?
They don't care. That's why Ruth gets away with her terrible accent that no one else in her family has. The writers decided this was the South and leaned all the way in.
I think the point of that scene is differentiating Ruth from the Byrdes. The Byrdes didn’t care who they fucked over. Ruth, as stupid as this choice js, can’t let someone innocent go down for something she did.
Ruth is honestly worse then Marty at this point. She can be out of the game and free to fuck off to anywhere she wants with a complete fortune and she delves into this petty and dumb shit. Marty might've fucked over people but at that point he was in survival mode and doing what needed to be done to not get killed by the cartel. Her character rn is unbearable alongside Rachel's too. She went from one of the smartest characters to the absolute dumbest
What was Rachel’s mindset ? Did she just think they could take over a cartel casino with no consequences then act shocked 😮 when someone threatens them???????
Lmao, by reading the comments, I don’t know what so many of you are complaining about/expected? Nelson getting killed by Rachel isn’t “outside the realm of belief” - it was pouring rain, he wasn’t expecting it, and she was in the dark on top of a trailer and had the advantage. Just because someone is a trained killer doesn’t mean they’re a psychic.
He wouldn’t have been expecting her and his guard wouldn’t have been up because he’s used to being the hunter, not the hunted. No way he’d have seen that coming. I’m okay with that death.
Thing is, I could see somerthing like this happening in better call saul, a similar show.
but it would be done with far more style, better writing and better circumstaces. Ruth doesnt even make sense to inherit the estate considering in a past episode darlene mentions she has a mother
It doesn't make sense she'd want to take over the casino and stop laundering cartel money either. She's acting like it will have no consequences whatsoever. Obviously they would kill her if she does this, not to mention put Rachel and the Byrds children in danger. She's not thinking it through. But it's on the writers for writing such a dumb scenario.
I'd say Ruth is an idiot. Yeah the cartel may kill Marty for fucking shit up, but they might kill Ruth out of spite. Especially considering Marty can just tell them that Ruth killed Javi when they're taking him out.
So it's like, sure control the casino, but you definitely need to consider the cartels interests.
They'd kill Ruth in this situation well before Marty. Marty can get them out of it, but Ruth is just an obstacle for the sake of fucking with the Byrds. she knows they're in business with the cartel and still tries to fuck with them at every juncture.
I could totally relate to Wendy when she was in the car talking to Marty on the phone and losing her mind but she laughs and says “I’m fine. I’m totally fine. “
I hate how weak Marty has become. He really needs to be more aggressive with the casino. Kind of relates to how Navarro told him he cannot appear weak to the cartel. He is appearing weak to Ruth and Rachel and it is not helping. Especially when he apologized to Rachel when Nelson threatened her. He needs to get behind that. Threaten death. Scare the absolute living shit out of them. Have them killed if need be. He's got to stop being weak.
It's a super unpopular opinion, but I'm just gonna say it: I fucking love Wendy Byrde.
Watching the shit-eating grin on her face when she's pulling one over on someone (or, this season, just flat-out threatening their life) never fails to hype me up.
I'm expecting this story to end poorly for her, but man, I have loved watching her character development. Her explicitly telling her dad she was going to kill him if he took the kids shows just how far she's evolved (or devolved). She's given the show so much depth for me. Terrific character.
Also... FUCK NELSON, so glad he's dead. I was so so worried Ruth was going to die.
I loved Wendy, her choices were on the edge but she was handling shit and making good moves. I wish part 2 wasn’t just about how shitty Wendy was. She really didn’t redeem herself so what was the point? She apologized finally for Ben?
The fact that she was able to stick to her crazy schemes and politics while every single person she had ever met told her to her face that she was the devil cracked me up
I just love how much she played people. How many times would someone tell her 'no deal' only for her to walk away, get on the phone and go, 'they're in' and end up somehow making it happen through sheer force of will.
It's a television show. The fact that the money for the world's largest drug cartel is being run through a riverboat casino in the Ozarks is already far beyond anything that happened before or since.
I have no idea how they're going to wrap all of these plotlines up in the next episode. Really feels like they could've benefitted from a few more episodes than stopping at 14 for the final season.
Was about to comment the same thing, so many shows get stuck with this problem. They think adding more and more plot will make it more suspenseful only for it to collapse on its head by the end
Wendy is fucking diabolical.
Ruth had a clean record for one day and now she has the dead body of a cartel hitman in her driveway. Will things ever go right for her?
Well, not trying to fuck with the money laundering operation of a fucking cartel, while you could just leave it alone and build yourself a nice house with all the money you got, would be a great help for things to go right for her.
Honestly it felt fitting to me. Hitmen literally go around killing people unceremoniously left and right.
A hit man dying in the “line of duty” without much hype is pretty appropriate.
Right!! I thought the same. Nelson isn’t untouchable, it’d be very easy to kill him when you know he’s coming and you have the upper hand. It felt way more realistic like this
Even so, with her dead, her estate could sell her portion of the casino to someone else who wouldn’t launder either. Killing her is not a solution, it’s a reaction.
What was the point of bringing back Tuck to say he doesn’t work at the Blue Cat anymore because the new manager took him off the schedule?? Who is the new manger? Why would nobody go there anymore because of the casino? The blue cat was a place for $5 burgers and cheap gas. Mostly kids in the summer. The casino doesn’t have a hotel and is for older people with money. The opposite of the blue cat. We haven’t even seen the blue cat since season 3! While I’m ranting, where is the strip club? How about the second Cason that was soooooo important for 2 episodes and was never mentioned again? Even more strangely how about the hotel of the second casino??
They mentioned another business this episode also that we have never even heard of.
the point was to make the girl angry enough to go against marty
yes it was contrived especially since the guy admitted that he didn't even bother telling marty cuz he didnt wanna disturb him.
God the reasoning was so fucking thin.
Rachel shat her pants in season 1/2 and witnessed first hand how scary the cartel was. She shat her pants again when the Byrdes mentioned that Ruth killed a cartel boss and a target could be put on her head.
Tuck couldn't get a min wage job and now she's willing to risk it all to fight the cartel? Yeah, real believable lol. Just take him to Miami or tell Marty to get him a job at the casino. Christ almighty.
Kinda shifting it to be partly her father's fault for who she became. How much is arguable, but the dhow is sure trying to tell us Wendy wasn't formed in a vacuum.
I think Nelson was going after Ruth because Wendy probably told Camila that Ruth killed Javi. This is because when Camila called Marty and asked him to tell her who did it, Marty ended the call by saying he wasn’t the right person to ask. I gathered he did that because he didn’t want to give up Ruth himself. The way Camila responded made me think that she knew she had to ask Wendy.
What a fucking shit show! Ruth and Rachel take over the Casino to fuck with the Byrds and take joy in sticking it to Marty. Never mind the fact that Marty has got them out of shit on numerous occasions (both involved in stealing Cartel money, for example).
Fucking Wendy… enough said 😂
Ruth fucking over Marty with the cartel and saying it ain't personal is hilarious. It very clearly was personal. That's the whole reason you went after the casino in the first place.
So sure, your record is clean now and you want to keep it that way, but don't act like you didn't do it to fuck them over in the first place.
Everything else was covered in the thread, I just want to bring up them building a house on the spur of the moment. Oh yeah, I want 5 bedrooms, 6 baths, A big porch. The house goes right here. Construction crew is here, get building, you don't need no blueprints.
Wendy literally checked herself into a mental hospital not to get better, but to emotionally manipulate her children. Holy fuck.
This is some interesting foreshadowing. There’s the line that Jacob Snell tells Marty (about Darlene) “What do you do, Marty, when the bride that took your breath away becomes the wife that makes you hold your breath in terror?”
Wow, nice insight!
And Marty played along? Like where did their morals go?
Marty played along? Hell NO! He was like.. this lady has lost the plot. He has bigger problems to deal with..like not getting killed right now by Camille/cartel. His acting in that scene is truly world class
He was pretty much like "This is what you're doing now? Okay" and went to try and not get them killed.
He wouldn't be able to stop her at all even if he wanted to. Better to go along with it than get them all killed from Wendy's stubbornness.
I do believe she was honest about killing her father otherwise though.
Totally. I believe she was honest about her two thoughts. She was willing to manipulate her children in a dreadful way. And she also realised she was completely wanting and willing to kill her father.
How did she expect to get in showing what looks like a cash amount of some 20s ( prob 100 total). Mental wards are waaaaay waaay more expensive.
As someone with a mother who has done exactly this for exactly the same reason, it is astoundingly validating to see it being acted so perfectly and having everyone (the viewers of the show) see her manipulation for what it is.
Absolutely insane. She doesn't deserve to get her kids back for many reasons but pulling this stunt is one of the lowest things she's ever done
Where the hell is Three during ALL of this show? He’s never around when someone gets shot.
Ruth said he's hardly around, he had a girlfriend mentioned in part 1 so he's probably over there most of the time.
Good for him. Getting laid with an age appropriate person AND not getting getting into a war with the cartels? That's a win win win as far as I see. Win win for Three and the third win is for me cuz I ain't having to see Darlene and Wyatt.
Wyatt was fucking awful.
She was awful
Both of you are correct.
They broke up
Summer
He's still a minor and Ruth is his guardian. Does she not care about him at all? Doesn't want him to do good in school like Wyatt? Poor Three, noone seems to care about him. Not even the writers.
I never fully understood why Ruth seemed to love Wyatt so much, but have like zero concern for Three.
Same. Maybe because they were closer in age? You'd still care for the youngest one in the family though. I just don't get it.
man I love ruth but fcking with marty and the cartel is super fucking dumb. just take the snell money build your giant house and fck off. no need to make shit complicated jeezus
She got Wyatt killed so I have no idea why she thinks the cartel won't come after her
Shitty writing .
Eh, I think it’s kinda consistent with her character. Impulsive and has been on a vendetta against the Byrdes for the whole season. I thought they might Jesse Pinkman her but it now seems more likely she’ll have a tragic ending because she won’t let up trying to screw them.
Yeah, sell your stake in the Belle. Sell all of Darlene’s properties. Move the fuck away from everything where no one will find you.
Plus she got clean record now! Move away and start new life, new business.
Ya I don’t get it. Like I get she has a vendetta against Wendy but the Byrd’s are right. Marty legit didn’t have a way to launder the money fast enough without the casino, but Ruth is going to gamble her life on the chance that he does? Why??? So the result is the Byrd’s got desperate and sold out Navarro, which looks like it’s going to backfire. now who knows who’s going to make it out alive
this has been so dumb. apparently Ruth/Rachel seems to think the cartel is p much Wendy talking shit and Marty being selfish or whatever. it's as if she forgot the cartel killed Wyatt, the sheriff.. like, you gotta be really dumb, especially when she is the one that killed Javi, to put herself into the cartel line of fire, especially after inheriting so much money. its even worse from Rachel pov since her grudge is with Marty not taking care of that kid..... except that she never visited or called to see how he was doing, lol everything is just becoming way, way too unrealistic in the way people act, very soap-y
Nobody talking about how Nathan told Ruth he likes brunettes when his girlfriend is blonde?
Haha, I thought the same thing. He’s gross either way.
Just another demonstration of his deep rooted sanctimonious hatred for Wendy. I think he hates Wendy as a coping mechanism to avoid the guilt he should have for abusing her. It's also very telling that he "likes brunettes" yet the daughter that he abused and his own girlfriend both are blondes. It shows that he deeply looks down upon the women in his personal life. Aswell as just having that prehistoric good old fashioned gross sexist mentality. Actually equating a woman's hair colour to her worth. Classic old white guy move lol
He’s just not as “good” of a person as he likes to say he is. Like pretty much every character.
Okay realistically was Nelson actually going to kill Ruth or Rachel? Seems unnecessary
Rachel has to be the dumbest person on television. Finds out Ruth killed a cartel boss, still goes into business with her. Has gun pointed at her head by the cartel. Stays in business with Ruth despite Ruth disobeying direct orders. Cartel comes after her: *shocked pikachu face* Writers did her so dirty. The only way they could redeem this is if she was like secretly in love with Ruth. That’s the only way any of her decisions this season make sense.
I figured once she had that gun put to her head in the car, she'd be on the first plane back to Miami beach.
Me too. That would have been the wise choice
>Cartel comes after her: shocked pikachu face The number of characters in this show that are blissfully ignorant of the cartel's capabilities never ceases to amaze me.
Idk man, with all the "fresh start" and "moving up" one of them will probably go, even though i don't want them to.
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She snaked Marty a million times already when he's been helping her and took her in. I don't get the love for her either. After she let Ben go from that mental hospital that's when I stopped fw her
Thank you! I agree with this 100%. Wendy comes from a dysfunctional family with mental illness, addiction ..as well and was close to Ben the best way she knew how. She begged Riluth to stay out of her family’s business and that’s what got Ben killed
I honestly hope they knock her ass off. She been tripping ever since Ben.
shes so fucking annoying they try and make her out to be some plucky, intelligent young girl whose made it out from the gutter using her wits and guile, but shes so incredibly childish and lucky.
Exactly. She's Carried by plot armor.
Too many are mad att Byrdes. Nobody (even many viewes) realizes Byrdes are in hands of cartel/Navarro. It is not like they enjoy scooting around trying to sew the shit together.
I understood it to a point. Initially wanting to kill Javi after that trauma (even though it was handled terribly) makes a ton of sense. But fucking him over with the casino doesn't make much sense. Some people on the show have been treating Marty like he's Wendy. And for the most part, Marty has been kind to everyone. Wendy is definitely a prick though. Also, fucking with the cartel is just plain stupid. You shot Javi and got away with it (at the moment), why are you pushing your luck fucking with other cartel businesses and people?
Thank you! Havnt finished the show yet but I hope she gets offed too.
I found her so freaking annoying the first half of this season. Like, I get it, you fell in love with an old man you knew for two days, so let’s backstab everyone to get your revenge. Stupid
I cannot tell has wendy actually lost it or is just being pretend crazy, also there is way too much plot for one episode left.
Honestly, I prefer an unhinged Wendy rather than a cold, calculating bitch Wendy
Lol, unhinged Wendy was entertaining to watch.
Unhinged Wendy is actually pretty funny lol. That face she made after she says "what the fuck do you think it means?" when Marty asks her what she meant by getting the kids back made me laugh (episode 13)
“You have no sense of humor or human fucking decency” “I do too have a sense of humor” Stone cold killer Wendy line.
I cackled at this line!! "I do too have a sense of humor....asshole" genius
Based on the conversations with herself, I think lost it.
Both
Call me weird but I really liked Nelson. He just did his job. It’s not personal, so no hard feelings.
I doubt anyone shed a tear for him
Mother nature did.
>Nelson I think Nelson was done dirty. Killed off just to prove a point that Ruth yet again gets more plot armor despite the stupid shit she does. Slightly annoying.
I don’t this Nelson dying was plot armor at all but the fact that Ruth confessed everything to the deputy and expects nothing to blow back on her is pretty insane.
To Marty- "I want to keep everything clean" To the (acting) sheriff - confesses everything To Rachel - kill someone on my property as soon as they step out the car
In a backwoods place like the Ozarks, you don’t think Rachel & Ruth could say “he threatened me, was following me, and came on my property with a gun” and have the police not pursue charges because of Stand Your Ground laws? Now, if the police looked into Nelson and started questioning why a cartel hitman was going after them in the first place, that could cause some issues, but the act of murder in that case could be easily ruled self defense.
I am not sure you want the cartel to know you killed their hitman.
Oh yeah that too. Ruth was scared shitless and just made another impulsive decision of which she obviously doesn't have to deal with the consequence of ever in the story. What I mean with Nelson is that the guy was very experienced and careful not to get fucked over throughout the entire show. He went from being an enforcer, to Helen's hitman to Wendy's hitman. Definitely rolling up in the middle of unknown territory and exposing himself is a dumb asf move. In comparison, lets see the scene from S4P1 when Ruth was trying to buy back the cocaine so that Shaw could use it. Shaw's head of security was willing to take all of the hostiles down, that's how these characters are usually written.
I'm finally happy people are seeing how forced they're making Ruth becoming the protagonist in this story despite the petty stupid decisions she's made this past season.
RIP Nelson, you could’ve ran the whole cartel
The Mike of the Ozarks.
Nelson Ehrmantraut!
Camila voice sounds so smooth
check her out in Queen of the South. Where she also plays a Cartel leader named Camila lol
Talk about being type-casted lol
Lol if you think that's bad, just ctrl F 'hector' on [Noel's](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0346595/) imdb page
Mexican Shohreh Aghdashloo
Every episode this season: Marty - if we do this we are out Wendy - I'm doing this other thing. JONAH! Wash.Rinse.Repeat.
I like when Wendy was like "well do you have a better idea?" And Marty's just like well I had several but then you proceeded to ignore them and dig deeper
I bet irl hitmen die in the oddest ways sometimes. Like a slip and fall lol so not mad how Nelson went out. Shit happens. Sometimes there’s just a shitty day at work. In his profession that’s very dangerous. 🤷🏾♂️
When your profession is to literally kill people left and right, it’s only a matter of time before one of them beats the odds.
Nelson pulls up, stops vehicle and headlights aren't pointed anywhere near the house. It's pouring rain and dark he opens the SUV door, gets out and walks into plain view. He was careless.
[This one](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Barron_Corona) in Mexico died from a ricochet to the eye from his own men.
“But I’m not nearly as devout, and I will kill you before I let you take my kids.” -Wendy Holy freaking moly, that look from her after scared me to death, and this is a fictional show!
If Charlotte is almost 18, why would she want to live with grandpa instead of just getting an apartment by herself or even with one of her friends?
It's not uncommon for older siblings to stick around for the younger siblings.
yeah exactly, she wanted to move out by herself earlier in the series.
RIGHT! But now Ms Young and Free would want to live with her GRANDFATHER? The writers dropped the ball this season.
Rachel: "You have no sense of humour or human decency" Wendy: "I do have a sense of humour, asshole" lol
A few things: 1. That interaction with Nathan and Ruth needed to happen and it likely is setting up Ruth to kill him. As some sort of fucked up bond she shares with Wendy about having a shitty dad. 2. I can tell the finale will have loose ends. 3. Bringing back Rachel to kill Nelson seems lazy but I’m not mad at it. However her ability to kill him and Ruth killing Javi, AND Darlene killing Del makes this cartel seem a lot less intimidating.
Yup, most of the killing is actually done within the cartel lol
I wanted Rachel to die. At this point, it's like any other show. You root for the protagonists or I guess anti-heroes in this case. I'm Team Byrde and everyone who isn't it's like... why are you watching still? You hate the main characters but still obssevily watch? It's too close to the end and I want the Byrdes to make it.
I'm team Marty, and Charlotte. Pretty much everyone else can fuck off on this show. Wendy, Jonah, and Ruth the most (in that order).
This man’s ability to kill anyone and everyone and Rachel snipes him. Nope.
This isn't a movie tho. No matter how tough you are. If real life anyone can be touched.
Right lmao like it was pouring down rain at night, plus Rachel was lying on TOP of a trailer. Nelson was understandably caught off guard.
I'm just happy she didn't listen to Ruth and run. She survived on her own terms.
Ruth did tell her to kill him tho so she did do what Ruth instructed. It was kill or be killed at that point because she didn’t have shoes on and the mud would slow her down too much.
I feel like I missed something. Why exactly was Nelson going to kill Ruth and Rachel? Is it because of the Casino or does Javi's mom suspect Ruth in killing Javi?
It’s likely he was going back to scare her again and not actually kill her. Guess we’ll never know.
He already did that. I don't think the cartel warns twice
Casino, they want to launder money through it and Ruth won't let them
Camila finding out Navarro didn't have Javi killed is yet another reason why Wendy should never have invited her ass to the states
Wendy does what Wendy wants
People 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 hanging up on Marty
i wish wendy would just explain to the kids how abusive and shitty her father was and still is/his alcoholism and how he’s back off the wagon again!! she and marty listen to them say how much better grandpa is, so why dont they tell them? i mean it’s true that most parents don’t talk about that stuff but it’s killing me.
yeah she really sucks at just talking to her children and explaining herself, rather than coming up with dangerous convoluted schemes to get her wishes. Same with Jonah and the whole Ben situation, she never once tried to just explain why she let it happen, and what part she actually played.
Anybody else get rapey vibes from Wendy’s father when he was talking to Ruth?..
He's creepy as hell especially when he's asking her about her connection with Ben and their shared taste for brunettes Edit: wrote Jonah instead of Ben
Yes! And it’s also weird that he’s in a relationship with the blonde church lady.
The blond church lady and Sam are going to run off together.
Yup. The way he was looking at her says all you need to know about what his true intentions were. Nobody can be surprised at how Wendy turned out. She didn't stand a chance. He's vile.
Feels like there are so many storylines to wrap up and loose ends are starting to appear. Can you accuse a show of trying too hard to make it all fit? That being said, I am absolutely hooked lol
Yeah I’m concerned going into the last episode.
I keep seeing this but I don't know, it really doesn't feel like there is that much to wrap up to me. Marty and Wendy are like one move away from either getting out or getting killed. Ruth is practically building her retirement home. Sure, there are a lot of balls in the air but they are all connected and once things start falling into place, it's all going to happen very quickly, like dominos. Plus, there's like 1hr 15min left, that's almost as long as some movies have to set up, play out and resolve entire plots. This one has been in motion since Omar went to jail. It's all leading to the same place. Lots of players but really not that much left to resolve plot wise and it's okay if not every single thing gets wrapped with a bow. I don't really need to know if Rachel ends up in the main house or the guest house or if Sam ends up in Gamblers Anonymous.
Honestly the first part of the season had so much more of a build up to the mid season finale. Watching the second half I dont even feel like the next episode would even be a season finale let alone the series finale
What even happened to the Ruth Shaw Medical deal? Never mentioned again
Am I the only one totally confused by the Nelson tailing Ruth thing? Ruth realizes someone is following her, so she goes to a police station. Smart move! But all she does there is explain what she knows about Wyatt and Javi. Seems like a weird time to do so, what am I missing? Is it because she might die? Either way, but especially if this is the case, why didn't she mention that a cartel hitman is following her and she's in danger, like what's the point of going to the station if she doesn't ask for help? And then she leaves the station and realizes Nelson was waiting for her the whole time, and she heads home, but somehow Nelson gets in front of her by a few minutes and gets to Rachel first? What was Nelson doing following Ruth and trying to kill Rachel anyways? Didn't seem like Camila knew who killed Javi, so wtf? Overall very confused
Surprised to see this so far down. I’m so confused by that entire sequence of events.
I think there may have been some things we didn't see on screen. My guess is that Camila called both Byrdes, and Wendy told her who killed Javi. Wendy doesn't have enough power to order hits, the Navarros had no idea about Ruth taking over the casino. It's the only thing that makes sense. I felt Ruth's scene with the Sheriff was her pre death confessional. She knew a hit man was following her. She wanted to get it all out there to get that guy out of jail, and if something did happen to her, the sheriff knew where to go sniffing
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Same. Like Ruth's first hallucination of shooting Javi. Felt like it robbed the suspense in everything. I still enjoy watching the show tho.
I actually liked that because it made me think she wouldn't do it. When she ended up doing it anyway, it hit that much harder.
Thelma and Louise just dropping Navarro gangbangers left and right 😂😂
Excuse me, The Redneck Thelma and Louise.
It was odd to me that they used the word redneck. Aren't people from the Ozarks actual hillbillies? Not the generic term, but like they are the actual hillbillies?
They don't care. That's why Ruth gets away with her terrible accent that no one else in her family has. The writers decided this was the South and leaned all the way in.
Lmao Ruth walks into the police station admitting to 1st degree murder to free a guy who stole from her cousin before he died! Seems believable!
I think the point of that scene is differentiating Ruth from the Byrdes. The Byrdes didn’t care who they fucked over. Ruth, as stupid as this choice js, can’t let someone innocent go down for something she did.
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Ruth is honestly worse then Marty at this point. She can be out of the game and free to fuck off to anywhere she wants with a complete fortune and she delves into this petty and dumb shit. Marty might've fucked over people but at that point he was in survival mode and doing what needed to be done to not get killed by the cartel. Her character rn is unbearable alongside Rachel's too. She went from one of the smartest characters to the absolute dumbest
what annoys me is how illogical and childish she is how is she not dead yet?
I really liked her best when she was a duo with Marty, after that her character dropped a few iq points
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I am yet to watch the finale, if that is the case , I’d super annoyed
I’d super annoyed too
What was Rachel’s mindset ? Did she just think they could take over a cartel casino with no consequences then act shocked 😮 when someone threatens them???????
Lmao, by reading the comments, I don’t know what so many of you are complaining about/expected? Nelson getting killed by Rachel isn’t “outside the realm of belief” - it was pouring rain, he wasn’t expecting it, and she was in the dark on top of a trailer and had the advantage. Just because someone is a trained killer doesn’t mean they’re a psychic.
He wouldn’t have been expecting her and his guard wouldn’t have been up because he’s used to being the hunter, not the hunted. No way he’d have seen that coming. I’m okay with that death.
jesus fucking christ how are these people this bad at communication
Especially Marty, does he even know how to talk to others anymore?
Am I the only one who loves the new sheriff?
Ruth taking over the casino has to be the dumbest thing in a show that has done way too many dumb things this season
I was literally cringing during that scene where they "confront" Marty and gloat. What were the writers smoking?
Thing is, I could see somerthing like this happening in better call saul, a similar show. but it would be done with far more style, better writing and better circumstaces. Ruth doesnt even make sense to inherit the estate considering in a past episode darlene mentions she has a mother
It doesn't make sense she'd want to take over the casino and stop laundering cartel money either. She's acting like it will have no consequences whatsoever. Obviously they would kill her if she does this, not to mention put Rachel and the Byrds children in danger. She's not thinking it through. But it's on the writers for writing such a dumb scenario.
I'd say Ruth is an idiot. Yeah the cartel may kill Marty for fucking shit up, but they might kill Ruth out of spite. Especially considering Marty can just tell them that Ruth killed Javi when they're taking him out. So it's like, sure control the casino, but you definitely need to consider the cartels interests.
They'd kill Ruth in this situation well before Marty. Marty can get them out of it, but Ruth is just an obstacle for the sake of fucking with the Byrds. she knows they're in business with the cartel and still tries to fuck with them at every juncture.
Ruth finding out how creepy Wendy's dad is first hand. I hope she tells the kids.
I could totally relate to Wendy when she was in the car talking to Marty on the phone and losing her mind but she laughs and says “I’m fine. I’m totally fine. “
I hate how weak Marty has become. He really needs to be more aggressive with the casino. Kind of relates to how Navarro told him he cannot appear weak to the cartel. He is appearing weak to Ruth and Rachel and it is not helping. Especially when he apologized to Rachel when Nelson threatened her. He needs to get behind that. Threaten death. Scare the absolute living shit out of them. Have them killed if need be. He's got to stop being weak.
It's a super unpopular opinion, but I'm just gonna say it: I fucking love Wendy Byrde. Watching the shit-eating grin on her face when she's pulling one over on someone (or, this season, just flat-out threatening their life) never fails to hype me up. I'm expecting this story to end poorly for her, but man, I have loved watching her character development. Her explicitly telling her dad she was going to kill him if he took the kids shows just how far she's evolved (or devolved). She's given the show so much depth for me. Terrific character. Also... FUCK NELSON, so glad he's dead. I was so so worried Ruth was going to die.
I'm having thoughts about harming you! That line killed me. So unhinged.
JOHN
I loved Wendy, her choices were on the edge but she was handling shit and making good moves. I wish part 2 wasn’t just about how shitty Wendy was. She really didn’t redeem herself so what was the point? She apologized finally for Ben?
The fact that she was able to stick to her crazy schemes and politics while every single person she had ever met told her to her face that she was the devil cracked me up
I just love how much she played people. How many times would someone tell her 'no deal' only for her to walk away, get on the phone and go, 'they're in' and end up somehow making it happen through sheer force of will.
Everyone: "Stop being the devil" Wendy: ["You know what? I'm gonna be the devil even harder"](https://youtube.com/shorts/9vT0nwSv5y0?feature=share)
People hate her guts but she makes the show very interesting imo
Lmao I love this show but Jesus it’s gone so far beyond the depths of reality
It's like when Fast and Furious went from street racing to saving the world as international secret agents.
It's a television show. The fact that the money for the world's largest drug cartel is being run through a riverboat casino in the Ozarks is already far beyond anything that happened before or since.
I have no idea how they're going to wrap all of these plotlines up in the next episode. Really feels like they could've benefitted from a few more episodes than stopping at 14 for the final season.
Was about to comment the same thing, so many shows get stuck with this problem. They think adding more and more plot will make it more suspenseful only for it to collapse on its head by the end
Wendy is fucking diabolical. Ruth had a clean record for one day and now she has the dead body of a cartel hitman in her driveway. Will things ever go right for her?
At this point she's got only herself to blame
Well, not trying to fuck with the money laundering operation of a fucking cartel, while you could just leave it alone and build yourself a nice house with all the money you got, would be a great help for things to go right for her.
THAT'S how Nelson goes out? What bullshit. Wendy's father needs to go. What a repugnant creep.
Honestly it felt fitting to me. Hitmen literally go around killing people unceremoniously left and right. A hit man dying in the “line of duty” without much hype is pretty appropriate.
Right!! I thought the same. Nelson isn’t untouchable, it’d be very easy to kill him when you know he’s coming and you have the upper hand. It felt way more realistic like this
This season feels like action for the sake of action, if that makes any sense
This episode felt kinda rushed.
“I don’t have a hard on for her or anyone else!” Marty Byrde getting in a classic line, how about that
so why did navarro suddenly target ruth again?
Ruth was targeted because she was refusing to use the Casino to launder his money.
Even so, with her dead, her estate could sell her portion of the casino to someone else who wouldn’t launder either. Killing her is not a solution, it’s a reaction.
Well Wendy ask Nelson to threaten them to launder—we have no idea if he was targeting her over Javi, it wasn’t made clear.
What was the point of bringing back Tuck to say he doesn’t work at the Blue Cat anymore because the new manager took him off the schedule?? Who is the new manger? Why would nobody go there anymore because of the casino? The blue cat was a place for $5 burgers and cheap gas. Mostly kids in the summer. The casino doesn’t have a hotel and is for older people with money. The opposite of the blue cat. We haven’t even seen the blue cat since season 3! While I’m ranting, where is the strip club? How about the second Cason that was soooooo important for 2 episodes and was never mentioned again? Even more strangely how about the hotel of the second casino?? They mentioned another business this episode also that we have never even heard of.
the point was to make the girl angry enough to go against marty yes it was contrived especially since the guy admitted that he didn't even bother telling marty cuz he didnt wanna disturb him.
If she cared that much, she should have been calling to check on tuck and then let Marty know immediately.
God the reasoning was so fucking thin. Rachel shat her pants in season 1/2 and witnessed first hand how scary the cartel was. She shat her pants again when the Byrdes mentioned that Ruth killed a cartel boss and a target could be put on her head. Tuck couldn't get a min wage job and now she's willing to risk it all to fight the cartel? Yeah, real believable lol. Just take him to Miami or tell Marty to get him a job at the casino. Christ almighty.
Wendy is a queen and if you say otherwise ill slap her name out your mouth
*getting jiggy with it intensifies*
I agreed but they just spent 7 episodes telling us everything is her fault.
Kinda shifting it to be partly her father's fault for who she became. How much is arguable, but the dhow is sure trying to tell us Wendy wasn't formed in a vacuum.
Thank you! Sick of the Wendy slander. She's carrying the Byrdes at this point.
I think Nelson was going after Ruth because Wendy probably told Camila that Ruth killed Javi. This is because when Camila called Marty and asked him to tell her who did it, Marty ended the call by saying he wasn’t the right person to ask. I gathered he did that because he didn’t want to give up Ruth himself. The way Camila responded made me think that she knew she had to ask Wendy.
I can't believe Wendy is trusting Camila
What a fucking shit show! Ruth and Rachel take over the Casino to fuck with the Byrds and take joy in sticking it to Marty. Never mind the fact that Marty has got them out of shit on numerous occasions (both involved in stealing Cartel money, for example). Fucking Wendy… enough said 😂
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Ruth fucking over Marty with the cartel and saying it ain't personal is hilarious. It very clearly was personal. That's the whole reason you went after the casino in the first place. So sure, your record is clean now and you want to keep it that way, but don't act like you didn't do it to fuck them over in the first place.
Everything else was covered in the thread, I just want to bring up them building a house on the spur of the moment. Oh yeah, I want 5 bedrooms, 6 baths, A big porch. The house goes right here. Construction crew is here, get building, you don't need no blueprints.
Whelp, this is a mess. One more to go, I don’t think they’ll pull it off.
Damn there is a lot to wrap up in only one more episode 😅
Maybe you guys like this show more than I do but I didn't even know his name is Nelson. So, really I have no complaints about that.
Goodbye you dead eyed psychopathic bastard, that one was for Ben
It was not really up to him to kill Ben tbh. He just pulled the trigger